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Serial Killers Archive
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Smooth Operator: The True Story of Seductive Serial Killer Glen Rogers by Clifford Linedecker (December 1997)
Posted on August 4, 2010 | 3 CommentsSerial Killer Glen Rogers is believed to be responsible for the deaths of 12 women across the United States. He claims the total is over 70 -
Dead of Night by Don Lasseter (October 1997)
Posted on July 5, 2010 | 3 CommentsHis stepmother saw in Jimmy Rode the trouble that lay ahead and tried to get him help. She would become one of the first victims of this serial killing enigma -
Murder and Mayhem: An A-Z of the World’s Most Notorious Killers by James Ellroy (May 1993)
Posted on June 9, 2010 | 3 Comments75 True Crime Short Stories Review by Kim Cantrell It’s a little dated. 17 years old, to be exact. And it’s a bit difficult to find anymore. What am I... -
Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders by Terry Sullivan with Peter T. Maiken (1983)
Posted on April 28, 2010 | 4 CommentsDespite killing 33 young men and buring most of them underneath his home, Gacy was really just your average, boring blowhard. -
Charmer by Jack Olsen (November 1995)
Posted on April 26, 2010 | 1 CommentGeorge Waterfield Russell, Jr. was a real ladies' man. Charming the ladies at Mercer Island night clubs. When they begin dying, police began to look at the ladies' man as a lady killer. -
The Michigan Murders by Edward Keyes (January 1976)
Posted on April 21, 2010 | 4 CommentsBetween 1967 and 1969, a killer prowled the campuses in Yspilanti, Michigan. Before it was over 7 young women were dead. -
Tragedy In Tin Can Holler by Rozetta Mowery (May 2007)
Posted on April 9, 2010 | 4 CommentsA story of murder, incest, poverty, and the effects that sins of the have on the generations to come -
Bizarre Murderers II edited by Rose G. Mandelsberg (October 1993)
Posted on April 7, 2010 | 1 CommentTrue crime short story collections are my favorites, and Bizarre Murderers II didn't dissappoint -
Crossing the Line: The True Story of Long Island Serial Killer Joel Rifkin by Lisa Beth Pulitzer and Joan Swirsky
Posted on March 15, 2010 | 1 CommentJoel David Rifkin suffered through high school, made half-hearted attempts at college, and couldn’t hold a steady job. But there was one thing he at which he never failed: killing... -
Angel of Darkness by Dennis McDougal (May 1991)
Posted on March 8, 2010 | No CommentsMcDougal doesn't sugar coat anything in this book. His recounting of the crimes are about as straight-forward as anything I've ever read